* Большой релиз [[Om 2008.9 Update]] 19 сентября, точка в ASU. Or was it a big non-event, because those who updated daily were already ahead when it was released ? Some users were surprised that the ''stable'' feeds do not update almost everything everyday anymore, but this is what ''stable'' is supposed to mean. You don't get the nice fixes in the latest kernel, but you don't get the nasty new bugs either.

* Большой релиз [[Om 2008.9 Update]] 19 сентября, точка в ASU. Or was it a big non-event, because those who updated daily were already ahead when it was released ? Some users were surprised that the ''stable'' feeds do not update almost everything everyday anymore, but this is what ''stable'' is supposed to mean. You don't get the nice fixes in the latest kernel, but you don't get the nasty new bugs either.

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Дистрибутивы

Большой релиз Om 2008.9 Update 19 сентября, точка в ASU. Or was it a big non-event, because those who updated daily were already ahead when it was released ? Some users were surprised that the stable feeds do not update almost everything everyday anymore, but this is what stable is supposed to mean. You don't get the nice fixes in the latest kernel, but you don't get the nasty new bugs either.

Michael negociated with a custom-case making company, they could build something more rugged/waterproof if the demand was high enough.

Wiki и community

The Documentation Team recategorized everything using a two-levels scheme. Browsing should be is easier now, try it! Of course we now need to clean up the pages inside each subcategory, but at least the big POS is not many small pos. Divide-and-conquer.

We also organized the list of applications. Now there is a master directory, then detailed lists by topic, and then application pages.

The search box now uses google engine instead of the mediawiki build-in. More goodness coming soon: "Add page in this category" and "Site directory" extensions.

Some nice artwork flew by on the community list. Raster is still with us. Following some advertisement, the Desktop wallpaper gallery grew from 1 to 4 images. Keep them coming !

Good things are the pipeline for the Community Repository, including a submit by web interface (tickets 1518, 1543)

From the stars

There were many kernel patches about SD cards and bus speed. Confusion about which kernel version goes into which branch and about packaging strategies led to some module mismatch issues.

There are still interesting discussions on the kernel mailing list on the state of the wlan driver. For the rest of us, it means that the Wifi driver is still being actively developed. In plain English: likely to be full of bugs.

The alsa sound configuration still puzzle most users. I think that as long as alsa-mixer is based on a linear list of cryptic acronyms, we are in the dark. Internship idea: redo the mixer as a clickable image map based on the sound chip circuits. Make that work for all Linux distros.

Дистрибутивы

Большой релиз Om 2008.9 Update 19 сентября, точка в ASU. Or was it a big non-event, because those who updated daily were already ahead when it was released ? Some users were surprised that the stable feeds do not update almost everything everyday anymore, but this is what stable is supposed to mean. You don't get the nice fixes in the latest kernel, but you don't get the nasty new bugs either.

Michael negociated with a custom-case making company, they could build something more rugged/waterproof if the demand was high enough.

Wiki и community

The Documentation Team recategorized everything using a two-levels scheme. Browsing should be is easier now, try it! Of course we now need to clean up the pages inside each subcategory, but at least the big POS is not many small pos. Divide-and-conquer.

We also organized the list of applications. Now there is a master directory, then detailed lists by topic, and then application pages.

The search box now uses google engine instead of the mediawiki build-in. More goodness coming soon: "Add page in this category" and "Site directory" extensions.

Some nice artwork flew by on the community list. Raster is still with us. Following some advertisement, the Desktop wallpaper gallery grew from 1 to 4 images. Keep them coming !

Good things are the pipeline for the Community Repository, including a submit by web interface (tickets 1518, 1543)

From the stars

There were many kernel patches about SD cards and bus speed. Confusion about which kernel version goes into which branch and about packaging strategies led to some module mismatch issues.

There are still interesting discussions on the kernel mailing list on the state of the wlan driver. For the rest of us, it means that the Wifi driver is still being actively developed. In plain English: likely to be full of bugs.

The alsa sound configuration still puzzle most users. I think that as long as alsa-mixer is based on a linear list of cryptic acronyms, we are in the dark. Internship idea: redo the mixer as a clickable image map based on the sound chip circuits. Make that work for all Linux distros.